• Check out the results of the Techtree Contest #19!
  • Listen to a special audio message from Bill Roper to the Hive Workshop community (Bill is a former Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment, Producer, Designer, Musician, Voice Actor) 🔗Click here to hear his message!
  • Read Evilhog's interview with Gregory Alper, the original composer of the music for WarCraft: Orcs & Humans 🔗Click here to read the full interview.
  • Create a void inspired texture for Warcraft 3 and enter Hive's 34th Texturing Contest: Void! Click here to enter!
  • The Hive's 22nd Icon Contest: Creep Abilities is now concluded, time to vote for your favourite set of icons! Click here to vote!

[Icon] Blizzard-like?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Level 3
Joined
Jul 19, 2008
Messages
38
I don't know to make my icons look blizzard made. Some icons looks great but next to war3 icons they look weird. How can I improve my icons so they will fit into war3 theme and won't look strange. If that can help you, I use gimp to make my icons.

My icon is attached to the post. (Its for an english/art project)

Blizzard's icons:
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums...lashheal-54716/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=5
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums...lingaura-54645/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=5
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums...tishadow-54647/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=5

Blizzard's-like:
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/icons-541/btndarksphere-94258/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=3
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/icons-541/btnhawkaspect-117343/?prev=d=icon&r=200&t=17

Great but not blizzard's style:
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/icons-541/btnresurrect-114671/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=2
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums...grade_fo-57286/?prev=t=14&r=200&d=icon&page=4

Thanks and sorry for my bad english, im from quebec, but if you need french translation for your map i can help :P
 

Attachments

  • machin ranger.jpg
    machin ranger.jpg
    7.2 KB · Views: 152
Blizzard icons use simplicity to get the point across. Not too much detail but enough that it is easy to recognize the purpose of the icon. Blizzard icons also use as much space as possible. They also make good use of color. For instance: blue colors for icons relating to mana, yellow for holy icons, red for offense/damage, and green for death.

I think the Feral Spirit icon is a good example. It is purple so that you can tell it has something to do with shadow/dark magic. The easily distinguishable wolf fills up most of the icon and has few details/linework.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top